her man cain supporters are out with a new web ad that he says is attacking his race. now you re getting the high-tech lynching of a beautiful man, herman cain. this is a circus. it s a national disgrace. it is a high-tech lynching for uppity blake blacks who in any way think for themselves and it is a message that unless you cow-tow, you will be lynched rather than hung from a tree. joe watkins is here and an expert on race, ethnicity. good morning, alex. i m going to begin with you, doctor. you told the new york times about cain s use of race and
comparison between of the anee anita hill and this for several reasons. it was claimed sexual harassment against a prominent black conservative. that subtext was made by the cain campaign which cut this ad, which i want to play for everyone which sort of blew my mind. they can t argue with herman cain on the merits. they can t argue with him on policy so what do they do? now we re getting the high-tech lynching of a beautiful man, herman cain. what is known as the main stream media goes for the ugliest racial stereotypes they can to attack a black conservative. they put him down. and that s what liberals do. they can t talk about the issues, so they hit below the belt. i think he needs to get off the symbolic crack pipe. so, i would only assume that he is either socially ignorant or playing games to get votes.
there. and ithat is animating some of cain s supporters. i don t care what the guy did. i like what he says, i like the fact he s such an outsider i m going to give him some money. super pac supporting herman cain released a web ad today. here s part of it. now we re getting the high-tech lynching of a beautiful man, herman cain. what is known as the mainstream media goes for the ugliest racial stereotypes they can to attack a black conservative. well, obviously, that was limbaugh s voice. and they re calling it a high-tech lynching. they re playing the race card on this. what do you make of this? you know, what can i say? it s interesting that people like limbaugh, who always accuse the likes of me of playing the race card when i write about racism and its continuing
i like what he says, i like the fact he s such an outsider i m going to give him some money. super pac supporting herman cain released a web ad today. here s part of it. now we re getting the high-tech lynching of a beautiful man, herman cain. what is known as the mainstream media goes for the ugliest racial stereotypes they can to attack a black conservative. well, obviously, that was limbaugh s voice. and they re calling it a high-tech lynching. they re playing the race card on this. what do you make of this? you know, what can i say? it s interesting that people like limbaugh, who always accuse the likes of me of playing the race card when i write about racism and its continuing presence in american society, are awfully quick to play that same card when they think it s to their advantage. i assume that means that rush is
that is the culture. this is a circus. he was accused of sexual harassment by anita hill during his confirmation hearings. cain supporters use that as a rallying cry in a new web video that features thomas himself. it is a message that unless you kowtow to an old order, you will be lynched, destroyed, caricatured rather than hung from a tree. in the eyes of many conservatives, cain like thomas, is a victim of the media. now we re getting the high-tech lynching of a beautiful man, herman cain. clearly some of cain s supporters are rallying round. his distributions have soared, more than $1.2 million this week. on thursday cain took a brief break from the controversy to meet with former secretary of state henry kissinger. later he was back to telling sean hannity that all of the allegations are false. sean, this is absolutely